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Inside the raid that killed bin Laden
fox ^ | 5-2-11 | ap

Posted on 05/02/2011 5:39:17 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB

WASHINGTON – Helicopters descended out of darkness on the most important counterterrorism mission in U.S. history. It was an operation so secret, only a select few U.S. officials knew what was about to happen.

The location was a fortified compound in an affluent Pakistani town two hours outside Islamabad. The target was Osama bin Laden.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: binladen; osama; raid; seals; shot; specialforces; specialops; usnavy
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1 posted on 05/02/2011 5:39:19 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB
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To: WOBBLY BOB

“only a select few U.S. officials knew what was about to happen.”

How convenient.


2 posted on 05/02/2011 5:41:23 AM PDT by PhilosopherStone1000
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To: WOBBLY BOB
Fake photo though.


3 posted on 05/02/2011 5:42:37 AM PDT by ventana
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To: PhilosopherStone1000
I'd rather hear more about the dumping of the body into the sea.

What was he wrapped in?

What time of day was it? (have a feeling it was 3 AM).

4 posted on 05/02/2011 5:43:23 AM PDT by C210N (0bama, Making the US safe for Global Marxism)
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To: PhilosopherStone1000

Isn’t that the way secret missions are supposed to be run?


5 posted on 05/02/2011 5:43:46 AM PDT by stuartcr (The soul is the .cfg file for the body)
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To: ventana

What the....


6 posted on 05/02/2011 5:45:07 AM PDT by swatbuznik
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To: WOBBLY BOB

in US history??


7 posted on 05/02/2011 5:45:34 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: stuartcr

“Isn’t that the way secret missions are supposed to be run?”

Do you really think anyone would have believed this story if a Republican, i.e. Bush had told it this way?


8 posted on 05/02/2011 5:46:06 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: stuartcr
Isn’t that the way secret missions are supposed to be run?

Yes. The more people that know, the more likely the chance is blown. I'm gald our military folks decided not to tell anyone. Especially the Paks. And sadly, I'm glad Obama didn't force them too for some world order crap. And that's the only compliment I will give that man... now to find a shower.

9 posted on 05/02/2011 5:47:38 AM PDT by justice14 ("stand up defend or lay down and die")
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To: WOBBLY BOB

Osama earned the “U.S. Terroist’s Seal of Approval”


10 posted on 05/02/2011 5:48:13 AM PDT by Mobilemitter (We must learn to fin >-)> for ourselves.........)
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To: swatbuznik

that is not an official photo, just a photoshop that came out overnight.


11 posted on 05/02/2011 5:48:57 AM PDT by babble-on
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To: stuartcr

Sorry, but until I hear from someone on our side (Boehner for example) that he was briefed before the operation then I will continue to have my doubts.

Admittedly the guy who was twittering from nearby does lend creedence to the news. But then dumping the body at sea undoes that.


12 posted on 05/02/2011 5:49:51 AM PDT by PhilosopherStone1000
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To: babble-on

I can’t believe people don’t realize that.


13 posted on 05/02/2011 5:51:20 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: C210N
Not dumped at sea yet...
14 posted on 05/02/2011 5:51:28 AM PDT by expatguy (Donations Keep The Expat Fueled !)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

Buried at sea... He should have been dropped, live, from the height of the WTC.


15 posted on 05/02/2011 5:51:29 AM PDT by Joe Bfstplk
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So WHAT did BamBamKennedy know Saturday night when he and his writers were ridiculing the ‘Donald’.... Kinda makes sense now.... (NO I am NOT a Trump supporter) Just curious why things are done....


16 posted on 05/02/2011 5:51:44 AM PDT by Just mythoughts
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It kind of sounds like they could have captured him alive . . . but were told not to. I don’t disagree with that decision.


17 posted on 05/02/2011 5:52:04 AM PDT by chickadee
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So WHAT did BamBamKennedy know Saturday night when he and his writers were ridiculing the ‘Donald’.... Kinda makes sense now.... (NO I am NOT a Trump supporter) Just curious why things are done....


18 posted on 05/02/2011 5:53:00 AM PDT by Just mythoughts
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To: treetopsandroofs

Yes


19 posted on 05/02/2011 5:53:21 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. N.C. D.E. +12 ....( History is a process, not an event ))
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To: chickadee
It kind of sounds like they could have captured him alive . . . but were told not to. I don’t disagree with that decision

I thought the same exact thing. And the fact that it was a bullet and not a missle just made it all the more better.

20 posted on 05/02/2011 5:54:11 AM PDT by justice14 ("stand up defend or lay down and die")
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